Insect-trap.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

G. W. CLARK. INSECT TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

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INSECT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,780, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,514.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Liletown, in the county of Green and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Insect- Trap, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for trapping and destroying insects, and has for its object to provide a simply-constructed device of this character adapted for attachment to or association with an ordinary kerosene oil lamp.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assem blage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a lamp and its burner with the improved attachment in section in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved attachment removed from the lamp. Figs. 3 and 4c are modified forms of the attachment. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a portion of a lamp with the improved device integral therewith.

In the accompanying drawings the receptacle is designed to hold a suitable liquid or material destructive to insect lifesuch as oil, syrup, or other adhesive material or the likeand when the insects fly against the lamp, as they are inclined to do,t-hey will fall into the receptacle and be destroyed. In applying the receptacle when constructed as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4: the burner is removed, the device placed over the burner-ring 11, and the burner replaced. The corners 14 of the receptacle will preferably be rounded to facilitate cleaning.

In Fig. 3 a modified form of the device is shown, consisting in dividing it transversely, with a half-circular recess in each portion for fitting around the ring 11 from opposite sides and connected, as by U-shaped clips 15, to enable the device to be attached without removing the burner.

In Fig. 4 a plurality of radial partitions 16 are shown dividing the interior of the receptacle into a plurality of compartments, which may be employed, if required, to prevent the liquid contents of the receptacle running entirely to one side, which it might do if the lamp were placed on an uneven surface or tilted while being moved from place to place.

In Fig. 5 the receptacle is shown formed integral with the lamp-body 10 and produced by means of an annular ring or rib 17 molded upon the lamp-body; but all of these modified forms may be employed without departing from the principle of the invention, as the same results are produced in all and in substantially the same manner.

The device will be found of great advantage for use upon lamps employed in the house, especially upon dining-tables, as by this means the insects which would otherwise annoy the occupants of the room will be attracted by the lamp and falling thence into the receptacle will be destroyed.

The device may be formed of any suitable material-such as pressed sheet metal, glass, earthenware, or the like-and ornamented by plating or otherwise coating or protecting.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is- I A lamp having an oil-reservoir provided with a burner-attaching ring, in combination with an annular receptacle detachably supported upon the lamp-reservoir in engagement with the burner-attaching ring, and a burner connected with said ring and extending beyond said annular receptacle to prevent removal or displacement of the latter when the burner is in position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto tfiiXGCl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. CLARK.

Witnesses:

J osnrI-I B. RUssELL, WILLIAM F. J EFFRIS. 

